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A rare pale green jade carving of a Mandarin duck and peony blossoms
Qianlong
Crisply and carefully carved with as a duck with neatly-folded clawed feet, a
stylised scrolling crest and archaistic C-scrolls on its wings and body, grasping in
its beak an elaborate leafy spray issuing three luscious peony blossoms.
16cm (6¼in) long
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$71,000 - 94,000 CNY56,000 - 75,000
清乾隆 青玉雕銜牡丹鴛鴦
Provenance: an English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏
Compare the very similar style of carving, including the squared beak and
archaistic scroll details on the body, on a pair of Mandarin ducks dated as
‘Ch’ing dynasty, probably Ch’ien Lung period’ in the Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco, illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre d’Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery
Brundage Collection, Japan, 1977, pl.LXXI. See also a related Mandarin duck
formerly in the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3030.

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A pale green jade carving of a qilin and vase
18th/19th century
The lively qilin with scaly body and bushy tail stepping forward on its right
foreleg and turning its head to look back at a flaring gu vase balanced on its
back, the vase carved on each side of the central section with a phoenix and
peony beneath a single chilong clambering around the flaring neck.
20.7cm (8 1/8in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕麒麟連瓶
Provenance: an English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏

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